Skip to main content

Daily Inspiration Quote by Paula Jones

"I think I have made an impact in the workplace and I do believe that will prevail over any of the other things in the end"

About this Quote

Paula Jones is trying to do something very specific here: move the camera off the scandal and back onto a resume. The line is structured like a self-cross-examination, full of hedges ("I think", "I do believe") that read less like uncertainty than like a person carefully choosing words in a media environment eager to weaponize any certainty. It’s defensive, but also strategic. She’s not arguing the facts of her notoriety; she’s arguing her right to outlast it.

The context matters because Jones isn’t a conventional celebrity. Her public identity was manufactured by a political-media machine that turned a private allegation into a national spectacle, then turned her into a symbol people could use without ever having to know her. So when she says "impact in the workplace", she’s reaching for the only legitimizing language available to someone who has been flattened into "other things": she insists on competence, contribution, normalcy. Work becomes moral evidence.

"Prevail" is the tell. It’s courtroom vocabulary smuggled into a statement about reputation. The sentence imagines history as a verdict: eventually, the "impact" will be weighed against the tabloid sediment and come out on top. That’s aspirational, maybe even plaintive, because our culture rarely grants that kind of clean accounting. Still, the intent is clear: she’s asking to be read as a person with a life and labor beyond the story that made her famous, and she’s betting that time will be a fairer editor than the moment was.

Quote Details

TopicCareer
SourceHelp us find the source
Cite

Citation Formats

APA Style (7th ed.)
Jones, Paula. (2026, January 15). I think I have made an impact in the workplace and I do believe that will prevail over any of the other things in the end. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-i-have-made-an-impact-in-the-workplace-170606/

Chicago Style
Jones, Paula. "I think I have made an impact in the workplace and I do believe that will prevail over any of the other things in the end." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-i-have-made-an-impact-in-the-workplace-170606/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I think I have made an impact in the workplace and I do believe that will prevail over any of the other things in the end." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-think-i-have-made-an-impact-in-the-workplace-170606/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.

More Quotes by Paula Add to List
Impact in Workplace: Paula Jones' Enduring Belief
Click to enlarge Portrait | Landscape

About the Author

USA Flag

Paula Jones (born September 17, 1966) is a Celebrity from USA.

2 more quotes available

View Profile

Similar Quotes